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I was excited for the chassis but not so much now that I saw the price. Does anyone have any recommendations for something similar?
Sliger CX4712 4U $399
10x trayless 3.5" HDD mounts with hot-swap/direct-wired SATA connectors
4x internal 2.5" SSD mounts for cache and boot drives
2x 5.25" bays for high capacity removable media
3x mid-chassis 120mm fans for silent airflow
Liquid cooling support for 1x 360mm, 1x 240mm, or up to 3x 120mm AIOs
EATX and ATX motherboards, ATX power supplies up to 270mm long
Manufactured in the USA
Sliger CX3701 3U $299
10x trayless 3.5" HDD mounts with hot-swap/direct-wired SATA connectors
4x internal 2.5" SSD mounts for cache and boot drives
2x 120mm fans for silent airflow
100% Manufactured, assembled and shipped in the USA by Sliger Designs LLC
Rosewill or sliger.
Rosewill RSV-L4500U 4U is my budget choice at a DIY server chassis. (at $229.99)
I’ve got this one too. Just wish I had gotten the hotswap version. Keep trying to find a way to convert it to hotswap for cheap, but haven’t found a good way yet.
I got the non-hotswap version of this chassis too. It's a bit pricey but I grabbed two Athena Power BP-TLA3051SAC for 10 hotswap bays at SATA 6gb/s speeds. Then I grabbed an Athena Power BP-TLA3141SAS12 that gives me 4 hotswap bays at 12gb/s SAS. A bit pricey of a retrofit but very convenient with tool-less hotswap bays to work with. Plus I was able to justify it because I got the case secondhand for $50 haha
Yeah I’ve considered doing that, but I always got hung up on the price. I actually ended getting an r720xd at a public auction. Only holds 12 3.5 disks but it was like $80 so 🤷♂️.
I have the 8 bay version of that case, it is great.
I would definitely recommend upgrading the fans out of the box, the ones mine came with weren't great.
I have a couple of those Rosewill's in my rack and love them.
I even was able to remove the mid frame fans in one and put in an AIO cooler with a 360mm radiator for my Threadripper.
Really good bang for the buck.
Used Supermicro 846 and 847's are a bit cheaper and more bays, and easy to modify to be fairly quiet.